sweat like a pig

verb

To sweat profusely; to produce a lot of perspiration.

Meanings

verbsweat like a pig (third-person singular simple present sweats like a pig, present participle sweating like a pig, simple past and past participle sweated like a pig)

present singular third person sweats like a pig · participle present sweating like a pig · participle past sweated like a pig · past sweated like a pig

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sweat profusely; to produce a lot of perspiration.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 全身冒汗
  • 全身冒汗 (quánshēn màohàn)sweat profusely
Dutch zweten als een otter
  • zweten als een ottersweat profusely
Finnish hikoilla kuin sika
  • hikoilla kuin sikasweat profusely
French suer comme un bœuf, suer à grosses gouttes
  • suer comme un bœufsweat profusely
  • suer à grosses gouttessweat profusely
German schwitzen wie ein Schwein
  • schwitzen wie ein Schweinsweat profusely
Norwegian svette som en gris
  • svette som en grissweat profusely
Polish pocić się jak mysz, spocić się jak mysz
  • pocić się jak myszsweat profusely
  • spocić się jak myszsweat profusely
Russian поте́ть как свинья́, вспоте́ть как свинья́
  • поте́ть как свинья́ (potétʹ kak svinʹjá)sweat profusely
  • вспоте́ть как свинья́ (vspotétʹ kak svinʹjá)sweat profusely
Spanish sudar como un pollo
  • sudar como un pollosweat profusely
Swedish svettas som en gris
  • svettas som en grissweat profusely
Yiddish שוויצן ווי אַ חזיר, שוויצן ווי אַ ביבער
  • שוויצן ווי אַ חזיר (shvitsn vi a khazer)sweat profusely
  • שוויצן ווי אַ ביבער (shvitsn vi a biber)sweat profusely
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Chicago

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